Swarmkeeper

Requirements Your swarm is outside your body.

Your swarm can emit a bright flash, much like aphet beetles, a genus of flash beetles once used by Osirian miners as sources of light. Each creature in its space must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher, or be Dazzled for 1 round (2 rounds on a critical failure). The swarm then glows with light like a torch until it returns to your body.

Requirements Your swarm is outside your body.

Your swarm's stings burn with agonizing pain, much like that caused by the bright red pyre ants that make their tunnels within the parched sands of deserts like Qadira. Each creature in your swarm's space must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher, or take 0d6 persistent poison damage. A creature that critically fails is also Enfeebled 1 for as long as it's taking this persistent poison damage.

At 8th level and every 4 levels thereafter, the persistent poison damage increases by 1d6.

Requirements Your swarm is outside your body.

Your swarm can spin dense webs much like those left by stone-gray weaver spiders under eaves and in derelict city buildings, especially along the coasts of Varisia. When your swarm ends its turn, it fills all surfaces in its space with sticky webs that last for 1 minute. The webs are difficult terrain. A creature that ends its turn in the webs must succeed at a Reflex save or be Immobilized until it Escapes. The webs' save DC and Escape DC are equal to the higher of your class DC or spell DC. The swarm is immune to its webs.

You know how to take advantage of those your swarm has attacked. A creature who has taken damage from your swarm's Bite And Sting is Off Guard against the first Strike you make against it in the same turn.

The clicking of fast-moving legs accompanies your swarm in all kinds of environments. Your swarm's land and climb Speeds increase to 20 feet, and the swarm gains a 20-foot Swim speed.

When your swarm is sharing your space and Strides, you can choose to have your swarm carry you with it. You stay in the same basic position within its space while it moves and when you arrive at your new location (with your exact location determined by the GM if it's unclear). Because you're moving voluntarily, your movement isn't forced movement and therefore still triggers reactions based on movement. If your swarm Flies, and you don't have a fly Speed, you fall at the end of this movement.

Requirements Your swarm is outside your body.

Like nefarious sportlebores, a species of insect that plague adventurers by hiding in their rations as counterfeit food, your swarm can crawl down throats. The sportlebores attempt to force their way into the mouth of each creature in your swarm's space. Each creature takes 0d4 piercing damage depending on its Fortitude save against the higher of your class DC or spell DC. The damage increases by 1d4 at 10th level and every 2 levels thereafter. Regardless of the result of its save, the creature is temporarily immune to sportlebore choke for 1 hour.

Critical Success The creature is unaffected.

Success The creature takes half damage and is Sickened 1 as it spits out most of the offending sportlebores.

Failure The sportlebores crawl down the creature's throat. The creature takes full damage and is sickened 1.

Critical Failure As failure, but the creature takes double damage and is Sickened 2.

Your swarm is dense, blotting out vision. You and your allies gain lesser cover when in your swarm's space.

Your swarm takes on characteristics of the death cicadas of the Mana Wastes, whose distinctive buzz is said to be a herald of imminent demise. The inclusion of these death cicadas grants your swarm a fly Speed of 20 feet. You also gain the Death Drone action.

Your hive has grown to the point where it is difficult to keep your swarm contained within your body. When you release your swarm with Swarm Forth, you can choose for it to be Huge instead of Large.